Roles that must be named
- Owner: accountable for the capability and its value.
- Executor: performs the scoped work and records the evidence.
- Reviewer: challenges the evidence and declares conflicts.
- Approver: authorizes a defined decision within explicit limits.
- Acceptor and operator: accept the result and sustain real use.
Evidence labels
- Verified: independently checked against an identified source.
- Confirmed by the responsible party: stated by an accountable person.
- Hypothesis: a proposition to be tested.
- Unknown: evidence is missing or conflicting.
Human decision points
Financial commitments, hiring, policy exceptions, specialist judgments and public claims require a named human authority. An AI recommendation is not an approval. Proposed responsibilities are activated only when assigned and accepted.